Locker lock



May 18 1926.

w. N. VANCE LOCKER LOCK Filed March 24, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 LOCKER LOCK W. N. VANCE Filed March 24 May 18 1926.

Patented May 15, 19235.

WALTER N. VANCE, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR "I0 DUBAN D STEEL LOCKER COMPANY, C F CHECAGO, ILLINOIS, A GORPQBATION OF ILLINOIS.

LOCKER LGGK.

Application filed March 24, 1921.

Th1 'nvention is generally similar to that "ii 1 in my co-pending application No. 455,030, filed Mar. 2%, 1921, and in part may be similarly described.

It relates in general to doors and has more particular reference to locking devices therefor especially adapted for use upon lockers and the like which it is desired shall he accessible to more than one individual.

in business establishments where individual lockers are furnished for employee it is frequently desirable to have the employee furnish their own looks in order relieve the employer from responsibility and annoyance in supplying extra. keys, At the same time the employer may wish to have access to the lockers atwill without calling upon the employee for their heys. Q

omiilarly inschools and like institutions, it may be desirable for certain authorities to have access to lockers independently of the users thereof.

It is. therefore, a principal object of my invention to provide a locking device whereby such a door may be unlocked through the instrumentality of separate locks, each adapted to permit opening of the door independently of the other.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a locking device of the character mentioned, which looks the door firmly through the use of a minimum number of operating parts, each of said parts being simple in construction and durable in service. 1, Another object of the invention is the provision of a locking device which may be used upon practically any type of locker door or equivalent without material change in thegeneral construction thereof.

Still another object of the invention .is the provision of a door having a locking device of the kind described which is dependable in action and susceptible of practical and inexpensive production as an article of manufacture.

A particular object of the invention is the provision of a different arrangement of locking parts and locks permitting the employment of two locks of the san e general type and also rendering possible a simpler and less expensive construction than that shown in my co-pending application herereferred to! Serial No. 455,029.

Other objects and advantages of the in vention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connect-ion with the accompanying drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a section of lockers showing one complete front or door;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational View of the interior of a door showing the locker casing in section;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken substantially on the line 3-3 in 1, showing the lock staples closed;

Fig. 4 is a similar section showing the lock staples in open position;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged schematic View of one of the door straps and a section of the sliding bar showing means of engagement therewith Fig. 6 is a section taken substantially on the line 6-'-6 in Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a section talren substantially on the line 7-7 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a lock plate and receiving staples.

On the drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of my invention, the ref erence numeral 11 indicates a locker frame as a part of a tier of lockers fragmentarily shown. A door 12 is secured upon hinges 13 to the front casing 1% of the locker. This doc-r is opened and closed by means of a handle 15 rigidly secured to a sliding locking bar 16, This bar is secured to the casing 14: by means of rivets 17 taking through slots 18 in said bar. The bar is deformed at intervals to provide inwardly projecting sections 19 from the top of which Kl-SllLPGCl lugs or offsets 21 are out and arranged in vertical alignment with the straight portions of the bar.

Straps 22 are secured by means of rivets 23 to the locker casing and extend over the inwardly extending door flange 24, to which the locking bar 16 is slidably secured. In the strap 22 is a ii-shaped recess 25 adapted to engage the depending lug 21 when the door is closed and locked.

Integral with the handle 15 is a lockin staple 26 which, of course, moves only with the bar 16 the handle 15 being rigidly se cured to said her by integral s raps 2%? eted at28 to said bar, and said straps being slidable in recesses 30 in the door. Usually it has been the custom to look the bar 16 to some permanently fixed part of the door to lock the locker. Instead of so locking it, however, I provide a plate 29 having secured in recesses 40 therein, two receiving staples 31 and 82, one of which is adapted to receive and be locked by means of a. padlock 33 to the staple 26, The stapies are held in place by means of overturned back flanges 30 and offset outer flanges 31 engaging the material of the plate 29. This plate is slidably attached to the door, however, and is free to move vertically except as restrained by another padlock 3%, securing the receiving staple 32 to a staple which extends through the door and has a portion 36 turned against. the interior thereof and firmly secured thereto by a rivet 3?. The plate 29 is attached to the door by means of a rivet 38 extending through an aperture 39 in said plate and through a recess ii in said door, the inner end of said rivet being in the form of ablock l2, slidable within the door.

It will now be seen that the locks 33 and 3t must cooperate to hold the door in locked position, for, if the one is removed, the locking bar 16 may be raised independently of the plate 29 and if the other be removed, said plate may be raised with the bar, it being possible in either event to open the door.

It is obvious that in this manner the locker is'rendered accessible to the possessor of a key to either lock, and the objects hereinbetore stated are thus accomplished.

It is further apparent that the invention herein set forth, though illustrated by a somewhat similar embodiment, is material- 1y different in principle from the structure provided by and, from certain aspects, an improvement upon that set forth in my eopending application above reterred to.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantages will be understood trom the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope oi lhc invcnti l-n or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely preferred embodiment thereot.

I claim:

1. A front for lockers and the like, com prising a door, a door casing, co-opcrating latching members secured respectively to said door and said casing, a slidable plate upon said door and separate means for locking said plate to one of said latching members and to a fixed part of the door, said locking means being separately operable to unlock said door.

2. A front for lockers and the like. comprising a door, a door casing, co-operating latching members secured respectively to said door and said casing a fixed member on said door, a slidable plate adapted to be locked to one of said latching members and to said fixed member, and separate locks for locking said plate respectively to said members, said parts being adapted to permit unlor. of the door by unl cking either said locks.

3. A treat for lockers and the like. comprising a door, a door casing, co-operating latching members adapted to be locked together to prevent opening of the door, and a plurality of similar locks for locking said latching members and individually operable to release said latching members to unlock the door.

A front for lockers and the like, comprising a door, a door casing. ("o-operating 5 latching members, fixed and movable parts on said door and separate means for latching one of said latching members to said movable part and for locking said movable part to said fixed part of the door, whereby said door may be unlocked by operating either of said locking means.

A locker, comprising a "Frame, a door. cooperative latching devices positioned respectively on said frame and door. and a plurality of similar locks tor locking said latching devices, the operation of any one lock releasing said devices to unlock the door.

IVALTER N. VANCE. 

